What is the caste system and why it still continues nowadays in India?Dalit women and girls are placed at the bottom of the caste system, why is it so? What are some cultural or religious norms negatively affecting Dalit and Adivasis women and girls? How do they differ from castes in Northern India?
Despite all the domestic and international human rights laws focusing on protecting caste marginalized communities, why structural violence and sexual violence persists against them? How can States work through "reforming" centuries old societal/economic/religious organization systems to "fit" current times?
Are there limits to what "States" can do to ensure inter communal violence doesn't occur? What if there are "non-negotiables" for societal and ethnic organizations, different than states structures, depending on a country's history?
An interview with Christina Dhanuja, Convenor of the Global Campaign for Dalit Women and co-founder of the #DalitHistoryMonth project.
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Global Campaign for Dalit Women Official Website
Global Campaign for Dalit Women Programs
GCDW Instagram
⁠Christina Dhanuja Official Website⁠
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
The Internationalisation of Caste
The Dalit: Born into a life of discrimination and stigma
Attacks on Dalit Women: A Pattern of Impunity
Hathras case: Dalit women are among the most oppressed in the world
The Rape Of India’s Dalit Women And Girls